36 h. ago Miriam Lord: Phantom cigarette puffer of Merrion Street prompts chortles in Dáil

Taoiseach Micheál Martin spots Minister – who had supposedly quit – smoking outside amid proposal to make Leinster House a tobacco-free zone

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52 h. ago Miriam Lord: Micheál pummelled from all sides over Government’s latest plan to ease rental crisis

As the Taoiseach batted away criticism of Coalition’s rent reforms, he may have asked himself, ‘what would the king of Jordan do?’

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2 w. ago Review widened to include children who had hip dysplasia surgery outside Dublin

Review widened to include children who had hip dysplasia surgery outside Dublin  The Irish Independent

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2 w. ago Miriam Lord: Lucia O’Farrell shows Dáil the formidable power of a mother’s love for her son

Nearly 14 years after Shane O’Farrell’s needless death, the Minister of Justice presents a public apology

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2 w. ago Upset as families of children who had hip surgery told only one parent can go to assessments

Parents are demanding that independent clinical reviews of care be carried out as a matter of priority.

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2 w. ago HSE staff found to be 'ingratiating themselves financially' will be referred to gardaí, CEO says

The Sunday Times reported that an internal investigation at CHI found that a consultant abused the waiting list system while also delaying operations for sick children up to three years.

Economics

2 w. ago What’s in the hip surgery audit and how much harm has been done?

There was significant variation in the thresholds for surgery across three Dublin hospitals

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2 w. ago Almost 500 children who had hip surgery in Dublin hospitals ‘should be recalled’

The children should undergo a standardised independent clinical review and radiological assessment, a report said.

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2 w. ago Hip surgery audit: Almost 70% of operations in two children’s hospitals ‘unnecessary’

Report examined 147 surgeries performed at three hospitals between 2021 and 2023

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3 w. ago Miriam Lord: Dáil voices rise in unison over Israel’s slaughter in Gaza

Sinn Féin leader gets short shrift from Taoiseach in row over Central Bank’s Israeli war bonds issues

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3 w. ago Miriam Lord: It’s a strange day in the Dáil when a schoolgirl makes the Government squirm with embarrassment

Cara Darmody made her presence felt as Taoiseach signalled intention to tackle delays for children awaiting assessment

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3 w. ago Miriam Lord: It’s been like Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds on Merrion Street since the sun started to shine

Mooney Goes Wild should do a programme from Leinster House

Events

4 w. ago Mother of hip surgery child sent 30 emails to hospital and only received reply after solicitor got involved

Sinn Féin TD says parents going abroad as CHI, Government not giving them answers over hip surgery controversy

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4 w. ago 'It's damning': Children had hip bones cut into unnecessarily, Doherty tells Dáil

CHI said yesterday that 2,200 letters have been sent to parents of children who underwent hip surgeries.

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4 w. ago Miriam Lord: Sinn Féin’s ‘Mr Angry’ meets immovable object that is Micheál

Martin has measure of Pearse Doherty and Co as Dáil standoff continues over delayed report into children’s hip surgery

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4 w. ago Children’s hip surgery audit report due next week, says Taoiseach

Martin criticised in Dáíl amid delays to publication of review into whether operations were necessary

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last month Miriam Lord: Taoiseach pleads for patience as Opposition bears down over children’s hip surgery patients

Micheál Martin was concerned enough about impending draft report to say ‘the implications are disturbing’

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